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Shutting down the thermohaline circulation
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posted on 2023-06-09, 01:13 authored by David Anthoff, Francisco Estrada, Richard TolRichard TolPast climatic changes were caused by a slowdown of the thermohaline circulation. We use results from experiments with three climate models to show that the expected cooling due to a slowdown of the thermohaline circulation is less in magnitude than the expected warming due to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. The integrated assessment model FUND and a meta-analysis of climate impacts are used to evaluate the change in human welfare. We find modest but by and large positive effects on human welfare since a slowdown of the thermohaline circulation implies decelerated warming.
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American Economic ReviewISSN
0002-8282Publisher
American Economic AssociationExternal DOI
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5Volume
106Page range
602-606Department affiliated with
- Economics Publications
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